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BenchTOF-dx & TargetView technical presentations at PITTCON 2010

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:08:48 GMT

ALMSCO International will be exhibiting the BenchTOF-dx and TargetView at PittCon 2010 in Orlando in March (Booth 1806/1807).

Three (3) formal technical posters will be presented (copies available on request following the show):

The analysis of complex fragrance samples using a new high sensitivity bench-top time of flight mass spectrometer (BenchTOF-dx™), (G.M. Roberts, A. Cole, G. Horner and N. Bukowski - ALMSCO International) (2805-12P)
Near real-time analysis of trace level toxic chemicals using thermal desorption pre-concentration, time-of-flight mass spectrometry and novel data analysis software (G. Horner, G.M. Roberts - ALMSCO International & G. Bunte, J. Hürttlen, M. Heil - Fraunhofer ICT, Germany) (1000-7P)
Introducing a new advanced data processing software for mass spectromettry employing dynamic background compensation, spectral deconvolution and chemometric data analysis (G. M. Roberts, G. Horner, N. Bukowski - ALMSCO International) (2070-28P)

In addition to these, eight (8) application posters will be shown on the booth for the duration of the conference:

Air toxics: Analysis of urban air by TD-GC/TOF MS
Chemical emissions from construction products: Target compound location using TargetView
Beer: Flavour profiling with the BenchTOF-dx
BenchTOF-dx: A new, innovative TOF MS for GC
Food analysis using TargetView software for trace compund identification
Airborne explosives: Rapid & sensitive identification with the BenchTOF-dx time-of-flight mass spectrometer
Analysis of a crude oil fraction using GCxGC/TOF MS
Consumer beverages: Sample preparation and analysis

Press Release | New BenchTOF MS Offering Up to 100x Improved Sensitivity

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:59:25 GMT

ALMSCO International today announced that it will showcase its new state-of-the-art BenchTOF-dx™ mass spectrometer for the first time at PITTCON 2010. Unlike conventional technology, the new compact reflectron time-of-flight (TOF) instrument is specifically designed to generate truly classical electron impact ionization (EI) spectra for gas chromatography (GC) and comprehensive GCxGC applications. The innovative new system will be unveiled on booth 1806/1807 at PITTCON 2010, February 28 - March 5, Orlando, Florida.

The BenchTOF-dx enhances the benefits of standard TOF mass spectrometers, making it perfect for historically challenging compounds. The instrument’s breakthrough capability to generate classical spectra enables laboratories with proprietary spectral libraries to harness the performance benefits of TOF mass spectrometry while maintaining the use of their current library system.

Incorporating new groundbreaking ion optics and electronics the BenchTOF-dx delivers full spectral information at sensitivity normally only associated with the best Quadrupoles running in selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode. The rugged, low-cost, design means frequency of routine mass tuning and calibration are superior to those of standard Quadrupole systems.

BenchTOF-dx is directly compatible with industry-leading GC analytical systems. This platform-neutral instrument has been designed to easily integrate into popular mass spectrometry data analysis platforms and interface with most GC systems. This additional advantage removes the steep learning curve often associated with the implementation of a new mass spectrometry system, enabling immediate productivity improvements.

With a selectable spectral acquisition rate that exceeds 500 spectra per second, there are no GC or GCxGC separations that the system cannot accommodate. The new BenchTOF-dx is accompanied by sophisticated target search software incorporating deconvolution and chemometric analysis to facilitate rapid screening of known compounds at trace levels.

In addition to unveiling the new BenchTOF-dx mass spectrometer at PITTCON 2010, ALMSCO International will be presenting a series of informative technology posters. Topics will include ‘Introducing a New Advanced Data Processing Software for Mass Spectrometry Employing Dynamic Background Compensation, Spectral Deconvolution and Chemometric Data Analysis’ and ‘The Analysis of Complex Fragrance Samples Using a New High Sensitivity Bench Top Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer, Incorporating Online Dynamic Background Compensation, and Chemometric Data Analysis’. For a schedule of ALMSCO’s poster presentations, please email enquiries@almsco.com

BenchTOF-dx & TargetView applied to construction products & explosives analysis

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:58:17 GMT

HTC-11

11th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Hyphenated Chromatographic Analyzers

Bruges, Belgium

January 27-29, 2010

ALMSCO will be presenting two posters at the HTC-11 conference in Bruges:

TargetView™: An advanced, automated software package for the efficient detection of trace target analytes within complex GC/MS data
Thermal desorption-GC/TOF MS analysis of airborne explosives using molecular imprinted polymers (MIPS) for selective adsorption

Please contact ALMSCO for poster reprints

ALMSCO presents at the 2009 Eastern Analytical Symposium, USA

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:46:37 GMT

ALMSCO International will present two technical posters at the 2009 Eastern Analytical Symposium, New Jersey, USA (16-19 November, 2009)

The posters will cover applications using the TargetView software and also the BenchTOF-ds TOF MS.

Poster # 114

Introducing a New Advanced Data ProcessingSoftware for Mass Spectrometry Employing Dynamic Background Compensation, Spectral Deconvolution and Chemometric Data Analysis (Gareth M. Roberts, ALMSCO International)

Poster # 236

Introducing a New High Sensitivity Bench Top Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (BenchTOFdx),
Incorporating On-Line Spectral Dynamic Background Compensation (DBC). (Gareth M. Roberts, ALMSCO International)

Please contact ALMSCO for poster reprints

More information on the 2009 Eastern Analytical Symposium can be found on its website

Poster presentation at Healthy Buildings 2009

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:03:43 GMT

Introducing a novel data processing software (TargetView™) for mass spectrometry using advanced chemometric techniques in combination with spectral deconvolution

Topics

The application of multivariate analysis to GC/MS data for target compound identification
Implementation of Dynamic Background Compensation™ (DBC™) and chemometrics within TargetView
The analysis of material emission samples (plasterboard) for target compounds within a regulated list (AgBB Germany)

For a reprint of this poster please click here

#Seminar: Cutting edge technology for trace compound analysis by GCxGC & GC/TOF

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:06:11 GMT

#Conference: 12th International flavor conference (Greece, May 26-30)

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:03:34 GMT

BenchTOF-dx will be the focus of a poster submission at the 12th International flavor conference in Skiathos, Greece at the end of May.

The title and abstract are:

The analysis of complex fragrance samples using a new high sensitivity bench top time of flight mass spectrometer, incorporating on-line dynamic background compensation

Lara Kelly, Gareth Roberts

The analysis of complex samples such as essential oils/fragrances etc typically combines the techniques of gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) for compound detection and identification. An important aspect of GC/MS analysis is spectral acquisition rates, spectral purity and the relationship to sensitivity. Conventional “Quad” based MS systems have limited scan rates and sensitivity values and produce spectra which are skewed across the TIC. To combine high sensitivity with full scan data and (non-skewed) fast spectral acquisition requires time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectroscopy. A new high performance bench top TOF system has been developed and fragrance/essential oil samples analysed to exploit these performance characteristics. Data will be supplied showing very fast spectral acquisition rates (10,000 scans/second) with high sensitivity.

Software algorithms within the TOF system enable on-line dynamic background compensation of data which significantly reduces noise and baseline anomalies, and examples will be shown to demonstrate this.

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Reprints of the poster will be available on request following the conference. Click here to request a reprint.

ClearView promotion: FREE USB flash drive

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:54:47 GMT

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#Press Release: Data processing software – trace analysis made clearer

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:50:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Data processing software – trace analysis made clearer

ALMSCO International (Pontyclun, UK) today announced several significant enhancements to its popular ClearView™ chromatography/MS data reprocessing software.

ClearView is now available as a low cost 12-month licence in addition to the convenient time-unlimited version. The software is also now compatible with all major GC/MS vendors’ data acquisition and analysis software and some LC/MS formats and is effective with SIM/SCAN data as well as SIM and SCAN data files.

“ClearView reprocesses stored GC/MS and LC/MS data files dramatically improving the quantitative and qualitative analysis of trace compounds in real world samples” said Gareth Roberts, ClearView product manager.

ClearView uses a sophisticated Dynamic Background Compensation™ (DBC) algorithm to distinguish between chromatographic peaks and chromatographic background/baseline anomalies in stored data files; the original data files are left intact and unaffected. It aids the automatic identification of trace components by eliminating noise & background interference and improves the repeatability of integration/quantitation.

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ClearView: Now available as a highly cost-effective 12-month licence

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:15:26 GMT

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Aids automatic identification of trace components
Eliminates noise & background
Improves the repeatability of integration/ quantitation
Effective for SIM, SCAN and SIM/SCAN data

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